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Fall protection and the Hierarchy of Controls

Regarding fall protection, should we focus on the latest “gadgets” or the basic hierarchy of addressing the risk of gravity?
Regarding fall protection, should we focus on the latest “gadgets” or the basic hierarchy of addressing the risk of gravity?
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Columbia Southern University

Earn your safety degree online. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals recognizes CSU's bachelor's and master's degree programs in occupational safety and health as Qualified Academic Programs.
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Trends in ... respiratory protection

‘What is cost compared to a life?’
“Millions of workers are required to wear respirators in various workplaces throughout the United States,” OSHA states, adding that compliance with the Respiratory Protection Standard (1910.134) “could avert hundreds of deaths and thousands of illnesses annually.”
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HazCom and GHS

What are the similarities between the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals?
What are the similarities between the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals?
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Corporate Profiles: Columbia Southern University

For more than 25 years, Columbia Southern University has been a leader in occupational safety and health education. Taught by experienced safety experts, CSU’s occupational safety and health degree programs meet the educational requirements mandated by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for the Associate Safety Professional designation (ASP®) and the Certified Safety Professional designation (CSP®). CSU’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in occupational safety and health are Graduate Safety Practitioner® Qualified Academic Programs through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and are board-approved through the Institute for Safety and Health Management. The National Safety Council is a CSU Learning Partner.


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Columbia Southern University

Earn your safety degree online. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals recognizes Columbia Southern University’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in occupational safety and health as Qualified Academic Programs. QAP graduates may apply for the Graduate Safety Practitioner® designation. This designation eliminates the need to sit for the ASP® exam prior to becoming a Certified Safety Professional®.

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Trends in ... fall protection

Safety+Health spoke with Melissa Black, president of consulting firm MsR3 LLC and an adjunct professor in occupational safety and health at Orange Beach, AL-based Columbia Southern University, to get her thoughts on what’s new in the fall protection field, how workers can avoid misuse and how workers can best stay safe.


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Trends in ... respiratory protection

‘Be serious about it’
OSHA estimates that 5 million workers in 1.3 million workplaces are required to wear respirators. These devices protect workers from “insufficient oxygen environments, harmful dusts, fogs, smokes, mists, gases, vapors and sprays,” the agency notes, adding that compliance with its Respiratory Protection Standard “could avert hundreds of deaths and thousands of illnesses annually.”
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